Rev. Donald Lee Messer
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Memorial for Donald Lee Messer
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Born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on Jan. 26, 1947
Departed on Feb. 17, 2009 and resided in North Vernon, IN.
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Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 & Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009
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Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009
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Vernon Cemetery
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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Rev. Donald Lee Messer, 62, of North Vernon, Indiana, passed away at 1:53 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Rev. Messer was the Pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in North Vernon, Indiana, for the last two and one half years. Prior to his pastorate in there, he and his wife, Barbara, served as Missionaries through the International Church of the Nazarene World Missions. Rev. Messer served in missions for 26 years in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, and South Africa.
He was a 1965 graduate of Oskaloosa Iowa High School, a 1970 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and a lifelong member of the Church of the Nazarene.
The funeral will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2009, at First Church of the Nazarene, located at 2195 North State Highway 3, North Vernon. The Reverends Ernest LaBelle, J.D. Bailey, and Ryan Goode will be officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2009, and one hour prior to the service on Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be in the Vernon Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made through Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home to First Church of the Nazarene, North Vernon, Indiana.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dovesharprudicel.com.
Born January 26, 1947, in Henry County, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Don was the son of Gilbert Grant and Florence Marie Johnson Messer. He married Barbara Andrews on July 20, 1968, at the Church of the Nazarene in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She survives.
Surviving along with his wife, Barbara, is one son, Scott Andrew Messer of Perth, Australia; one daughter, Kathleen Denise Messer of Los Angeles, California; and one brother, Dennis Messer of Burlington, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Kristina Dawn Messer; and one brother, Richard Dean Messer.
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